1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Public Administration and Digital Governance
The Routledge Handbook of Public Administration and Digital Governance is a comprehensive, cutting-edge guide for students, scholars and practitioners of public policy, public administration, and digital governance.
The book demonstrates the diverse nature of "digital government" through a series of case studies from different regions across the globe, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The book uses these cases to highlight various aspects and implications of the intersection of digital technologies and public administration. These include impact of practices and principles of public administration, the effects of particular technologies/tools, and the relationship between state and citizen. The book also addresses barriers and enablers to the adoption of digital technology, with select chapters focusing on artificial intelligence in governmental contexts by leading practitioners and scholars. Rather than providing region-specific lessons, the cases identify common challenges, offering a more holistic understanding of public administration in the digital era.
With contributions from both practitioners and scholars, this handbook will be a compelling resource for those researching, studying or working in in public administration, public leadership, information systems, and political science, and other related fields.
Contents
Handbook of Public Administration and Digital Governance - Editor's Foreword
Sarah Giest and Ian Roberge
Chapter 1. Theoretical Frontiers in Digital Public Administration
Sarah Giest
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Public Administration in the Digital Era: From E-Government to Digital Government
Justin Longo & Taskin Dirsehan
Chapter 3. Understanding Public Administration in the Digital Era: A Scoping Review
Taskin Dirsehan & Justin Longo
Part 1 – Government Processes in the Digital Era
Chapter 4. Digital Public Administration in China
Edison Rodrigues Barreto Junior, Ellen Benedetti & Enzo Mayer Tessarolo
Joseph Ondiek & Gedion Onyango
Frank K. Ohemeng & Joshua Jebuntie Zaato
Chapter 11. Mobilizing capabilities for GovTech solutions in the context of digital transformation
Andrea Migone, Kathy L. Brock & Michael Howlett
Chapter 14. Resilient Forces, AI and Future of Work in Public Sector Administration
Eric Afful-Dadzie & Raphael Amponsah
Andrea Bonomi Savignon, Lorenzo Costumato, Fabiana Scalabrini
Chapter 17. Remote Justice: Digital Trials, People’s Attention and the Right to a Public Trial
Jan García Olier & Andrei Poama
Part 2 – Policy and Regulatory Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints
Chapter 18. RegTech Governing Fintech in France? The Persistence of Digital Dirigisme
Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn & Marc Lenglet
Chapter 19. Unveiling the use of fraud detection technologies in the Belgian Federal Government
Chapter 20. Digital-first employment services in Australia: challenges and opportunities
Sarah Ball, Michael McGann, Jenny M Lewis & Mark Considine
Chapter 21. Live-Streaming Entrepreneurship in Rural China: The Rise of Self-Agency
Charmaine B. Distor & Soumaya Ben Dhaou
Chapter 23. Digital Transformations and Data Rights of Citizens in Non-Democratic Contexts
Júlia García-Puig & Ixchel Pérez-Durán
Chapter 25. Mastering AI Governance in the Public Sector
Gianluca Misuraca, Pierre Rossel & Prateek Sibal
Chapter 26. Teaching Public Servants in the Digital Era
Maria Gintova & Vass A. Bednar
Chapter 27. Technology futures and stagnant economies: the power of imagination
Biography
Sarah Giest is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. She specializes in public policy analysis focusing on policy instruments and capacity in the innovation, technology and sustainability realm.
Ian Roberge is a Professor at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He specializes in public administration and public policy, and, among other topics, conducts research on financial services sector policy and regulation and government foresight practices.
This very rich and inspiring handbook covers a huge range of topics related to electronic governance and presents insights from all around the world. Both for scholars new to the field and experienced scholars, this book offers a host of valuable insights about public administration and governance in a digital age.
Prof. Albert Meijer, Professor of Public Innovation, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
A vital book that provides an entry point on different policy and governance challenges, opportunities and constraints faced by governments in the implementation of different technologies. The contributions address different sectors, technologies and national, subnational and regional contexts in the world. They also reflect and provide evidence on the different motivations, trajectories and outcomes of these technological endeavors, both for public administrations and society.
Dr. Carolina Aguerre, Associate Professor, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Honorary Co-Director at the Centro de Estudios en Tecnología y Sociedad (CETYS), Universidad de San Andres, Argentina, and Associate Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
The editors of The International Handbook of Public Administration and Digital Governance have assembled an impressive range of authors and case studies to explore issues and practices in the digitalization of public administration. The International Handbook provides a cornucopia of resources with chapters approaching the issues from different levels of analysis, vantage points, and country experiences, as well as providing historical, theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical perspectives. This well-curated and truly global collection will be an excellent resource for advanced graduate seminars, inviting multiple lines of inquiry and encouraging discussion of issues and approaches from a comparative perspective.
Dr. Evert Lindquist, Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada; Editor, Canadian Public Administration, Journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada
